Reflecting on nursing contributions to global health

Discuss possibilities of nursing contribution for global health approaching knowledge bases and the potential for global health, reflecting upon nursing education and their skills and abilities to perform into global health. Nurses contribute to global health in areas related to the health system po...

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Published inRevista gaúcha de enfermagem Vol. 36 Spec No; pp. 267 - 270
Main Authors Preto, Vivian Aline, Batista, Jéssica Magalhães Felipe, Ventura, Carla Aparecida Arena, Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Brazil 2015
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Global Health
Humans
Nurse's Role
Nursing
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Summary:Discuss possibilities of nursing contribution for global health approaching knowledge bases and the potential for global health, reflecting upon nursing education and their skills and abilities to perform into global health. Nurses contribute to global health in areas related to the health system policies, social determinants of health/disease, global issues related to culture, epidemics, communicable and non-communicable diseases, epidemiology, humanitarian actions and emergencies. Universities play an important role for this contribution. Nurses are professionals who actively contribute to global health, whether in political, social, economic or cultural situations, and universities play an important role for the training of these professionals.
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ISSN:0102-6933
DOI:10.1590/1983-1447.2015.esp.56643